diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index c6d00817ad3f..8834cd41b384 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -7200,7 +7200,6 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 				    &foc, TCP_SYNACK_FASTOPEN, skb);
 		/* Add the child socket directly into the accept queue */
 		if (!inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(sk, req, fastopen_sk)) {
-			reqsk_fastopen_remove(fastopen_sk, req, false);
 			bh_unlock_sock(fastopen_sk);
 			sock_put(fastopen_sk);
 			goto drop_and_free;